Airbus, NTT, DOCOMO and SKY Perfect JSAT Study Connectivity Services from HAPS

Airbus, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), NTT DOCOMO, INC. (DOCOMO) and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (SKY Perfect JSAT) jointly announced that they have begun studying the feasibility of collaborating on future high-altitude platform stations (HAPS)-based connectivity services as part of a future space- based wireless connectivity ecosystem. Continue reading →

SoCalGas, Doosan Mobility Innovation and GTI to Launch Hydrogen Drone Demonstration

Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) joined Doosan Mobility Innovation (DMI) and GTI at the CES Las Vegas summit to announce their partnership in launching DMI’s first-of-its-kind hydrogen drone technology. With the support of SoCalGas and GTI, DMI will be demonstrating their DS30 drone system, which offers the best fuel cell powerpack performance with up to 120 minutes of flight time and up to 11 pounds maximum payload. Continue reading →

Fenix Group to Deliver Portable C2 Tech to California Guard

Chantilly, Virginia-based Fenix Group Inc. was recently awarded a contract via Nokia Corporation and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to deliver citizen broadband radio service (CBRS) private cellular backpacks to the California National Guard to provide resilient communications during disaster response. It will solve the command and control (C2) problem in disaster and austere environments, and get drones flying on a common network. Continue reading →

Drone Harmony Raised $1.6M to Accelerate Innovation

Drone Harmony is a supplier of automation software for data acquisition workflows in the commercial drone market. The Full-3D Flight Planning Engine provides unprecedented degrees of automation in flight plan generation, plan visualization and flight execution, making it the best choice for safe, efficient and high-quality data acquisition. Continue reading →